Author Study--Starter

Possible Authors

Works Cited Helps and Rubric

• Easy Bib
• Son of Citation Machine

Books

• Albion Library--Copy Categories--Author Study

Databases

*Find database log-in help here

John Flanagan

• Utah's Online Library
  • Living or Dead--Gale Ref 9-12 > Biography in Context
  • Living or Dead--EBSCO > Biography Reference Center

• World Book Advanced--dead and some living

CHECK DATABASES FOR INFORMATION BEFORE YOU GO TO THE WEB!

Webpath Express--sifts through Internet sites and leaves reliable ones

Brandon Mull

Google--remember to use search strategies

• Use quotation marks "Ally Condie" "Suzanne Collins"

• Add another word to your search

  • "Orson Scott Card" themes

  • "Rick Riordan" "writing style"

• Use site:edu or site:gov to get most reliable information

• Author websites--may be biased

• Amazon or GoodReads--may be biased

Website evaluation

Websites--remember that every time you access a website from the Internet you must evaluate its credibility and its reliability!

• A--Author or authority (person or organization)

  Orson Scott Card

• B--Bias (purpose of site, coverage, objectivity)

• C--Currency (dates, updating)

• D--Documentation (sources listed)

• D--Domain extension (file extensions, % or ~)

Rick Riordan

Wikipedia

• DO NOT CITE Wikipedia as a source in your paper

• Look for original, reliable sources in the References and External Links

• Helpful for background information and alternate search terms

YouTube--author interviews

• At 2.42
• Orson Scott Card--at 4:06

Amazon.com

Suzanne Collins

--editorial reviews

Extra:

"What are credible and reliable sites?"

See if this dude can evaluate websites!

R. J. Palacio

James Dashner